Boards: The Secret Superheroes of Fundraising

4. Give specific phone call assignments to each committee member. Don't send a whole list to the entire committee and hope that someone will make the calls.

5. Have each member report back weekly on the results of his calls.

One organization I know had all the board members post their thank-you call results on a shared Google Document. That way, each board member could see who was making calls. Word had it that a competition took hold, and each board member tried to outdo the others. The busiest person on the board made sure his calls were as up-to-date — or more up-to-date — as all the others.